W mustn't backup an inplace file in finish_transfer().

diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index a97357d..47b49a6 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -239,15 +239,15 @@ void finish_transfer(char *fname, char *fnametmp, struct file_struct *file,
 {
        int ret;
 
-       if (make_backups && !make_backup(fname))
-               return;
-
        if (inplace) {
                if (verbose > 2)
                        rprintf(FINFO, "finishing %s\n", fname);
                goto do_set_perms;
        }
 
+       if (make_backups && !make_backup(fname))
+               return;
+
        /* Change permissions before putting the file into place. */
        set_perms(fnametmp, file, NULL, ok_to_set_time ? 0 : PERMS_SKIP_MTIME);